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| [1]Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: |
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| [2]If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking? |
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| [3]Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. |
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| [4]Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou h strengthened the feeble knees. |
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| [5]But now it is come upon thee, and thou art weary; it toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted. |
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| [6]Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways? |
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| [7]Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? |
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| [8]According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same. |
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| [9]By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed. |
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| [10]The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth—yet the teeth of the young lions are broken. |
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| [11]The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. |
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| [12]Now a word was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof. |
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| [13]In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, |
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| [14]Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake. |
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| [15]Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up. |
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| [16]It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice: |
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| [17]'Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker? |
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| [18]Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, and His angels He chargeth with folly; |
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| [19]How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth! |
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| [20]Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it. |
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| [21]Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.' |
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